Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Ratings

4940 Eastern Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21224
Phone: (410) 550-0123

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Emergency Services: YES

Contents:
Quality of Care - Infectious Diseases - ER Wait Time - Patient Ratings

Quality of Care - Mortality Rate

How well does Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center save lives? 14% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center	National Average
Heart Attack	11.9%	12.6%
Stroke	13.2%	13.9%
Heart Failure	8.6%	11.8%
Pneumonia	15.8%	18.2%

Infectious Disease at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

Drug resistant bacteria are becoming a large health risk facing the United States. There are an increasing number of drug resistant bacteria, including: drug resistant bacteria due primarily to unnecessary and mis-applied use among humans and livestock, patients with hospitalizations for relatively minor reasons can suddenly face lifethreatening illness.

Infectious Disease	Cases
C. Diff Sickens more than a half million people each year and has a 17% mortality rate after one year¹	55
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%²	5

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Average Time Spent In Emergency Department: 5h 0m

Patient Ratings

While customer satisfaction surveys don't necessarily reflect the quality of care provided at the hospital, it can identify some areas that are important standards to maintain, such as managing pain and maintaining a sanitary environment.

Overall Patient Rating: AVERAGE

Positive Patient Ratings

Some patients praise:

Nurses usually take time to communicate well
Doctors usually communicate well with patients

Negative Patient Ratings

Staff doesn't respond quickly when patients need help
Patients often don't receive help when they request it
Facilities are sometimes dirty

Footnotes:

¹C Diff Mortality Rate
²MRSA Mortality Rate

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Stories

Feb 06, 2024, 1:05 PM
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center: "I came in Tuesday 1/30/2024 night by ambulance and was not seen until Thursday in the am I had to sit out in waiting room for almost 3 days" - Melanie

Jan 21, 2024, 4:19 AM
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center: "The worst hospital I have ever been to, I had a accident, cut my self with a circler saw, In need of stitches, they numbed it, x-rayed in, then they had me in the waiting room now for 7 hrs
" - David

Jan 21, 2024, 4:15 AM
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center: "They say they have a 24 hour wait time, I'm in need of sticches, saw injury they didn't clean the wound been here 7 hrs

" - David

Jan 19, 2024, 12:39 PM
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center: "I am out of town and I got badly burned, I cannot believe you wait times or this long that's absolutely crazy" - Carrie

Oct 09, 2023, 4:12 AM
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center: "been in the waiting room for 14.5 hrs so far." - Jeff

Sep 11, 2023, 9:27 PM
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center: "We checked in at 1:00 pm and it's 930pm and we are still waiting to be seen. Health care ers are insane. " - D

Aug 30, 2023, 2:51 AM
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center: "Waited in this emergency room for 15 hours with only blood work drawn!! Not a peep from no one. I asked multiple times what are the results!!!" - Leo

Jul 10, 2023, 6:57 PM
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center: "I was in the ER for 7 hours. The wait is more like 12-14 hours. The woman next to me had been there since 8am and hadn’t been seen yet. " - Brittani

Jun 01, 2023, 7:03 AM
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center: "ER wait times are 13 hours." - Michael

Jun 01, 2023, 2:09 AM
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center: "Going on 8 hours wait time now. They are very busy." - Angie

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